CBS' The Closer? ABC's MI-5? Strike Talk Has Nets Scrambling
Kyra Sedgwick in The Closer by Darren Micheals/TNT
As the threat of a Writers Guild strike continues to loom, network suits are considering perhaps using finished and already aired-elsewhere episodes of international hits and/or cable series to fill schedule gaps should the stop-action happen. According to
Variety, non-U.S. programming such as the U.K.'s
Footballers Wives and
MI-5, CBC's
Little Mosque on the Prairie and CTV's
Corner Gas could make their way to the Big 3 - and Warner Bros. is said to be shopping around
The Closer - though execs maintain such acquisitions would be a last resort. "Right now," says NBC entertainment cochair Ben Silverman, "we're just hoping there's not a strike."
Meanwhile, a spokesperson for the Non-American Broadcasting Cooperative says, "Hey, whatever you do, don't send
Black Donnellys our way."
